On 6th of July I finished my first Piano Concerto Concerto, op.2, is in F-sharp minor. It's not so hard.
1st movement starts with melody played by cellos [Largo espressivo e con malincolia]. It gets louder and more agitato. After that, piano comes out with themes from 1st version of 1st part, combined into one theme [quasi improvisando]. Then orchestra comes with main theme [Allegro con brio]. Second theme [L'istesso tempo] is something like Waltz, played by orchestra and then repeated by piano. Third theme [Affetuoso, con calore] is something like a song... [it has character of Rachmaninov's XVIII Var. from Rhapsody on Paganini ]. But first theme returns. Then - Cadenza. A bit virtuosic, like remembrances after all three themes. Orchestra returns for a while with first theme, then piano comes out with third theme [Doloroso]. If this theme for the first time was a yearn song, now it's very sad. Piano ends with chord with a "question" chord, then orchestra very calmly comes to end of 1st movement.
2nd movement - Intermezzo [Adagio assai] is something like a love song, interrupted by dramatic Recitativo and cheerful Allegretto alla polacca.
3rd movement - Toccata [Allegro vivace]. Full of dramatism. Melody comes to calmly "Andante espressivo", but tempest returns with double force [Cadenza]. It's really short part of the Concerto.
4th movement - Finale [Allegro alla polacca]. Dramatic, but fast and with all features of Finale. Then a few chords and calm theme [Molto misurato e tranquillo]. After that fast part, with reflects of slow theme. Melody returns into point, where it began. Suddenly - cheerful 2nd theme from the 1st movement. Then - Maestoso con grandezza - fanfares-like slow theme from 4th movement. After that Coda - Rachmaninoff-like Piu vivo and the last chords.

It's not so complicated... Soon I'll publish PDF. You have to wait for the mp3s

You should post a midi or something so we can get a general idea of what it sounds like all together. Since I'm assuming your notation program can generate one, (even if its not perfect), shouldn't be too hard?

Nice with the car and steamboat horns The stereo effects are a bit weird, as if being in a video game.

It is very short for a concerto movement, is this the entire thing ? Good ideas, and attractive music, but somehow a Toccata which twice collapses into (what seems like) an Adagio does not sound very convincing to me. The brief recapitulation at the end does not save it, it's like you though 'Ah yes, this was a toccata wasn't it, have to tack on a proper ending'. I am not qualified to advise on composing issues, but it seems to me like you could do more with your ideas than just glue them together like this. They are worth it !

Definitely, do not cut it out, as it has great promise. But don't let the toccata give way after just a couple of phrases. Let it run amok for awhile, that's what toccatas do. By then, the adagio will be welcome, and then you could have the toccata come back with a vengeance and work up to a great finish. Such an ABA design is a bit simplistic and traditional, perhaps you wanted something different, but it usually works best.

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